Carnelian engraved gem with a portrait of Sokrates, Late Republican or Early Imperial, ca. 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D., Roman, Sard-Carnelian ?, Overall: 9/16 x 7/16 in. (1.4 x 1.1 cm), Gems, The fifth century B.C. Greek philosopher Sokrates is represented reclining with one hand raised. He is bearded and bald and has the broad bulbous nose that is said to have likened him to a silenus. The type of head resembles that generally identified as a work of the early Hellenistic period, perhaps by Lysippos
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Carnelian engraved gem, portrait, Sokrates, Late Republican, Early Imperial, ca, 1st century B.C.–1st .D, Roman, Sard-Carnelian ?, Overall, 9/16 x 7/16, 1.4 1.1 cm, Gems, fifth, century, B.C, Greek philosopher, represented reclining, hand raised, bearded, bald, broad bulbous, nose, said, likened, silenus, type, head resembles, generally identified, work, early Hellenistic, period, perhaps, Lysippos
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